Gov. Jeff Landry signed Louisiana House Bill 1085 into law this morning. The bill, authored by Rep. Larry Bagley, has been in the works for seven years.
It eliminates mandatory annual vehicle safety inspection stickers, or brake tags, for most personal vehicles.
The sticker will be replaced with a $6 QR code sticker tied to the vehicle’s registration. Drivers previously paid up to $25 for an inspection sticker.
"It's just one less thing to worry about if you get pulled over or anything like that. You're not like, ‘Oh my God, am I out of inspection?’” said driver Alex Andoe.
Andoe said the stickers served as a reminder and motivator for drivers to fix vehicle problems.
"I feel like the only thing is going to be people aren't really going to be as incentivized to get things fixed. Like, I'm missing a bumper, you know, or like a cracked windshield. I do feel like the inspection stickers did incentivize people to actually fix those issues rather than taking more risks," he said.
Fifty-nine of Louisiana’s 64 parishes will abolish the stickers and use QR codes.
The changes are set to take effect on Jan. 1, 2027. There will be a grace period from June 30 until Jan. 1, 2027, when law enforcement will not issue citations for failing to display an inspection sticker.
